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Images of Research Competition 2019
Images of Research Competition 2019
Items in this Collection
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2019-01-01
More than 1.25 million deaths are caused by traffic accidents every year, 95% of those are due to human error. To address and resolve this problem we are taking the help of an innovative concept, Connected Vehicle (CV). A connected car can assist the human driver by communicating with its...
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2019-01-01
After over a thousand years of life this Great Basin Bristlecone Pine (Pinus longaeva D. K. Bailey) continues to look to the next generation with a new crop of its signature bristly cones. This photograph captures a nascent bristlecone and the fresh burst of needles that will help with ancient...
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2019-01-01
“Parenting Interculturally” portrays my early childhood education research regarding bicultural children. My study explores parental perceptions of childhood and childrearing held by intercultural couples who are parents, one partner who is Canadian-born and raised, and the other who is...
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2019-01-01
These snowshoes were made by my Dad and Grandpa Fern. First steps: build a snowshoe form, steam lengths of straight pliable wood, bend it over the form to shape the shoes, rivet ends together, remove shoes from the form and allow to dry. Second steps: cut moose rawhide strips, once frame has...
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2019-01-01
As our lives become increasingly intertwined with technology, the amount of digital information created every day grows substantially. Massive data centres handle the current demand for storage; however, these buildings can have large footprints, requiring swaths of dedicated physical space. One...
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2019-01-01
As a circus artist, I have spent years developing knowledge on how to move in the air. Coming from a background in circus and theatre, my research examines ways which virtuosic movement can tell a story and embody emotion. This image was captured during a workshop performance of a devised...
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2019-01-01
My intention, as an overall conceptual starting point, is inspired by an ongoing series of drawings I call “impossible set designs.” These drawings use scale, forced perspective, paradox, and weights and balances to create optical illusions that destabilize the spectator’s gaze. They are intended...
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2019-01-01
My research in looks at the potentials of the body in dance and somatic practices as a site for embodied theory. It touches on the nexus of several centres of thought, including embodiment, representation, being and knowing. The research is slippery in its concepts and thus slippery in the...
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2019-01-01
For many, a diamond is a symbol of love and commitment . For me it’s no different, except the love is for science and the commitment is to my PhD. The brilliance of a diamond evokes a sense of clarity and admiration, for these invaluable pieces of carbon, although small, can give us vast amounts...
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2019-01-01
Silicon nanoparticles can be used in lithium-ion batteries, LEDs, and medical imaging. When these materials are smaller than 5 nm, they glow red under UV light. The color the particles emit can be changed by changing their size or what is on their surface. I am working to understand how the...